1931 Major League Baseball season

The 1931 Major League Baseball season was the thirty-first season of modern Major League Baseball since the foundation of the American League.

This article is about the 1931 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1931 in baseball.
1931 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 14 – October 10, 1931
Regular season
Season championsAL: Philadelphia Athletics
NL: St. Louis Cardinals
Season MVPAL: Lefty Grove (PHA)
NL: Frankie Frisch (STL)
World Series
ChampionsSt. Louis Cardinals
  Runners-upPhiladelphia Athletics

MLB statistical leaders
 American LeagueNational League
TypeNameStatNameStat
AVGAl Simmons PHA.390Chick Hafey SLC.349
HRLou Gehrig NYY
Babe Ruth NYY		46Chuck Klein PHP31
RBILou Gehrig NYY184Chuck Klein PHP121
WinsLefty Grove PHA31Jumbo Elliott PHP
Bill Hallahan SLC
Heinie Meine PIT		19
ERALefty Grove PHA2.06Bill Walker NYG2.26
SOLefty Grove PHA175Bill Hallahan SLC159
SVWilcy Moore BSR10Jack Quinn BKN15
SBBen Chapman NYY61Frankie Frisch SLC28

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings
American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Philadelphia Athletics 10745 0.704 — 60–15 47–30
New York Yankees 9459 0.614 13½ 51–25 43–34
Washington Senators 9262 0.597 16 55–22 37–40
Cleveland Indians 7876 0.506 30 45–31 33–45
St. Louis Browns 6391 0.409 45 39–38 24–53
Boston Red Sox 6290 0.408 45 39–40 23–50
Detroit Tigers 6193 0.396 47 36–41 25–52
Chicago White Sox 5697 0.366 51½ 31–45 25–52

National League final standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 10153 0.656 — 54–24 47–29
New York Giants 8765 0.572 13 50–27 37–38
Chicago Cubs 8470 0.545 17 50–27 34–43
Brooklyn Robins 7973 0.520 21 46–29 33–44
Pittsburgh Pirates 7579 0.487 26 44–33 31–46
Philadelphia Phillies 6688 0.429 35 40–36 26–52
Boston Braves 6490 0.416 37 36–41 28–49
Cincinnati Reds 5896 0.377 43 38–39 20–57

Managers

American League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Red Sox Shano Collins
Chicago White Sox Donie Bush
Cleveland Indians Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers Bucky Harris
New York Yankees Joe McCarthy
Philadelphia Athletics Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns Bill Killefer
Washington Senators Walter Johnson

National League
Team Manager Comments
Boston Braves Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Robins Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs Rogers Hornsby
Cincinnati Reds Dan Howley
New York Giants John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals Gabby Street

Events
  • July 12 – the Chicago Cubs—St. Louis doubleheader has 33 doubles. Due to the large crowd spilling onto the field, any ball hit into them is a ground-rule double.[1]
  • August 29 – Facing Cincinnati Reds pitcher Si Johnson in his first at bat in the major leagues, Chicago Cubs player Billy Herman hits Johnson's pitch, which ricochets off the back of home plate and hits Herman in the head, knocking him out.[2]
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References
  1. "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2012.
  2. Mackin, Bob (2004). The Unofficial Guide to Baseball's Most Unusual Records. Canada: Greystone Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781553650386.


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